enxaqueca

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الشَقِيقَة (aš-šaqīqa). Compare Galician and Old Spanish xaqueca, Spanish jaqueca.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈke.kɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈke.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃaˈke.ka/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃaˈke.ka/

  • Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
  • Hyphenation: en‧xa‧que‧ca

Noun

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enxaqueca f (plural enxaquecas)

  1. (medicine) migraine (kind of headache, usually affecting only one side of the head)
    Synonyms: hemialgia, hemicrania

Further reading

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